Windows

Pull up your Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center (or Network and Internet) > Change Adapter Settings (or View network status and tasks > Change Adapter Settings).
Right-click on your Ethernet or wi-fi connection and select Properties
Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (or 6) and click Properties
Click “Use The Following DNS Server Addresses”

cont....

For IPv4 (most people), use the addresses 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1
For IPv6, use the addresses 2606:4700:4700::1111 and 2606:4700:4700::1001
Click OK, close the network settings window, and restart your browser

Android

You’ll have to use a static IP address to enable a custom DNS on Android, which is going to get complicated. Cloudflare recommends you configure your wireless router to use its DNS instead.
Pull up your router’s settings. (How you do that varies by what type of router you have; consult your router’s manual if you’re not sure how to do it.)

Replace any of its DNS settings with Cloudflare’s: 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 for IPv4 or 2606:4700:4700::1111 and 2606:4700:4700::1001 for IPv6.
Save your settings and restart your router

chromebook

settings wifi network

custom name servers

2606:4700:4700::1111
2606:4700:4700::1001
2606:4700:4700::1111
2606:4700:4700::1001

@[email protected] here ya go mate forgot you'd asked me about this 😉

@ecksmc

Since this is Greek to me. Why do this?

@MountainMan

Unfortunately, by default, DNS is usually slow and insecure. Your ISP, and anyone else listening in on the Internet, can see every site you visit and every app you use — even if their content is encrypted

Creepily, some DNS providers sell data about your Internet activity or use it target you with ads

@MountainMan cloudflare statement

“We will never log your IP address (the way other companies identify you). And we’re not just saying that. We’ve retained KPMG to audit our systems annually to ensure that we’re doing what we say"

Frankly, we don’t want to know what you do on the Internet—it’s none of our business—and we’ve taken the technical steps to ensure we can’t.”

you can use the 1.1.1.1 apps on mobile with built in VPN

@ecksmc @MountainMan - additionally, (in the US at least) many ISPs use their own DNS to do an ad-hoc typo squatting, giving you ads when you typo a url rather than the error code.

@ecksmc

Is this the same as using cloudflare’s vpn?

@MountainMan the methods i shared mean all traffic goes through cloudflare DNS resolver these methods are for users who can't get the app or use a different vpn service

and the app is only available on android and iOS

both do the same job though but it is only the app that has the VPN built in > the warp VPN